Israel assassinated Khalil al-Maqdah to ignite regional war: Fatah

A senior official from the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, more commonly known as Fatah, has accused Israel of assassinating Khalil al-Maqdah to "ignite a regional war".

Tawfiq Tirawi, a member of Fatah’s central committee in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, told AFP: “The assassination of a Fatah official is further proof that Israel aims to provoke a full-scale war in the region.”

Maqdah played "a central role" in "supporting the Palestinian people and its resistance" during the Gaza war and had an "important role in supporting resistance cells" in the West Bank for years, Fatah said in a statement.